Schools to Resume January 18 in Enugu State…Govt Suspend Annual Prayers

After the meeting of major stakeholders in the Education sector on Monday, the Enugu State Ministry of Education announced Monday, January 18, 2021, as resumption date for all schools in the state. Relating the decision of the meeting to the newsmen, Prof Uche Eze, Commissioner for Education further called on school leaders not to relent in adhering to the outlined protocols released by the Nigeria Center for Disease and Control, NCDC. “All schools in the...

COVID-19: Mobile Court Seals 4 parks in FCT

A Mobile Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered that four parks and gardens in the territory be sealed off for two weeks for violating the COVID-19 protocols. Mr. Ikharo Atta, Head of Media and Enlightenment of the Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) COVID-19 Protocols Enforcement Taskforce, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja Attah said that the affected gardens were Eden Park and Garden in Utako, Byuan Resources Ltd., Skychef...

Edo recorded 36 new cases of COVID-19 in the last five days, the state government has said. The state’s COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr Andrew Obi, said it has also recorded 198 cases of the virus since it started tracking the second wave of the pandemic on Dec. 1, 2020. Obi said that of the 36 new cases, 12 were reported at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin, while 24 cases were recorded at the...

Enugu Schools Resume Jan. 18 – Commissioner

The Enugu State Ministry of Education says all schools in the state will resume on Jan. 18, 2021. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uchenna Eze, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu on Monday. Eze noted that the decision was reached at a meeting between the ministry and major stakeholders in the education sector on Monday. The commissioner said that all schools in the state have been advised to ensure full...

South Africa Set to Begin Coronavirus Vaccinations in February

South Africa, one of the African countries that have been hard hit by the second wave of the coronavirus, is set to obtain its first vaccine doses next month, the Minister of Health announced on Sunday. In recent weeks, the government of South Africa has come under criticism, particularly from health experts, over the delay of the government in starting a programme of inoculation against COVID-19. At a news conference, the health minister, Dr. Zweli...

Balogun Market Shifts Resumption to Jan. 11 for Security Reasons –Official

The Caretaker Management Committee of Balogun market,  Lagos Trade Fair Complex, has shifted its resumption, earlier scheduled for  Jan. 4, to Jan. 11, for security reasons, the Secretary of the committee, Mr. Leonard Ogbonnia has said. Ogbonnia said in a statement on Sunday, in Lagos, that it would be risky to reopen the market, earlier closed on Dec. 24 for the Christmas holidays, on the stated date because of the security situation in the market....

NCDC Registers 576 COVID-19 New Cases in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 576 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 952,975 persons since the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb.  27, 2020. It said that the total number of infections in the country is now 89,163....

Amid Outrages Police Bans ‘Yola Beach Party’ For Alleged Nudity, Threatened to Arrests Sponsors

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent Amid outraged by parents and religion-based groups in Yola, Adamawa state capital the state police command has banned the planned ‘’ Yola Beach Party’’ organized by some youths, for alleged nudity. This is the second term the event has been organized in Yola, the state capital. Speaking on the event, the police spokesman in the state DSP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje, on Sunday announced the ban, adding that ‘’ the...

Redeemers University is at the Forefront of COVID Science/Research in Nigeria – Buhari’s Aide

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital and New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has disclosed that Nigeria’s Redeemers’ University, Ede, Osun State, is one of the leading institutions researching on the COVID-19 vaccines. The Buhari’s aide disclosed this on Sunday via his Twitter handle, @toluogunlesi, while condemning the reactions of religious organizations toward the second wave of the coronavirus. Ogunlesi expressed disappointment over the insistence of the “Nigerian Pentecostalism” in “keeping churches open and ignoring health...

US Set to Approve AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine

There is a report that the United States is expected to approve the low-cost AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID vaccine in April this year, a senior official said, more than three months after Britain’s green light on Wednesday. The chief advisor to Operation Warp Speed, Moncef Slaoui, the military-led US effort for vaccines, told reporters that US trials and assessments would be completed for approval “sometime in early April.” He said, “Several tens of millions of doses will...

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